Haggai 1:2

Haggai 1:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, saying: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.” ’ ”

Context of Haggai 1:2

1In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, “This is what the Lord of armies says: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”’” 3Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4“Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house remains desolate?”

Haggai 1:2 word by word

כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ אָֽמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א עֶת־בֹּ֛א עֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה לְהִבָּנֽוֹת׃ פRead the interlinear

• Thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• The timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• has not comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• for the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• to be rebuiltבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129

Cross-references for Haggai 1:2

• Numbers 13:31But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, because they are too strong for us.”
• Ezra 4:23Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes’ decree was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in a hurry to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by military force.
• Ezra 5:1When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them,
• Nehemiah 4:10And so in Judah it was said: “The strength of the burden bearers is failing, Yet there is much rubble; And we ourselves are unable To rebuild the wall.”
• Proverbs 22:13The lazy one says, “There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!”
• Proverbs 26:13A lazy one says, “There is a lion on the road! A lion is in the public square!”
• Proverbs 29:25The fear of man brings a snare, But one who trusts in the Lord will be protected.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
• Ecclesiastes 11:4One who watches the wind will not sow and one who looks at the clouds will not harvest.

Commentaries on Haggai 1:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The time is not come - They thought that the seventy years spoken of by Jeremiah were not yet completed, and it would be useless to attempt to rebuild until that period had arrived. But Abp. Usher has shown that from the commencement of the last siege of Jerusalem unto this time, precisely sixty-nine years had been completed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say - Not Zerubbabel or Joshua, but “this people.” He says not, “My people,” but reproachfully “this people,” as, in acts, disowning Him, and so deserving to be disowned by Him. “The time is not come,” literally “It is not time to come, time for the house of the Lord to be built”. They might yet sit still; the time for them “to come” was not yet, for not yet was the “time for the house of the Lord to be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2LORD of Hosts: Haggai and Zechariah often use this term for God to highlight the unstoppable power of God's word. The Lord can summon countless heavenly troops to fulfill his will instantly (2 Kings 6:17; Matthew 26:53). This idea aimed to encourage the Judeans, who felt weak and unimportant. The time has not yet come: Poor crop yields from drought and pests had severely weakened Judah’s economy (Haggai 1:6, 9–11), leading the people to believe they could…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. the Lord of hosts--Jehovah, Lord of the powers of heaven and earth, and therefore requiring implicit obedience. This people--"This" sluggish and selfish "people." He does not say, My people, since they had neglected the service of God. The time--the proper time for building the temple. Two out of the seventy predicted years of captivity (dating from the destruction of the temple, 558 B.C., 2Ki 25:9) were yet unexpired; this they make their plea for…Read the comment

Topics related to Haggai 1:2

• Church
• Lukewarmness
• Parsimony (Stinginess)
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
• Haggai
• Joshua (3)

Commentaries on Haggai 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings